Dale Barclay, frontman of The Amazing Snakeheads, is appealing for help to raise money for his urgent cancer treatment.
Making music with And Yet It Moves and occasionally the Fat White Family, Barclay has a rare form of brain cancer and is desperately trying to raise the money for specialist treatment.
So far, he’s almost halfway to his target.
Explaining the situation in his GoFundMe campaign, he wrote: “I have had one craniotomy which removed 90% of the initial tumour.
“After that, I did six weeks of radiotherapy and six months of a clinical trial alongside chemotherapy. My tumour has two mutations which make it rarer than average (had to be!). The cancer has returned. The fight continues with the power to face it raging in me.”
He continues: “There is no doubt, whatsoever, that I’ll be living with cancer for as long as I am alive. However time pans out, it’s here, it’s now and it’s not going anywhere. The NHS have been stellar, true heroes – too many to mention. They have done everything in their power for me, but my treatment from here on out is going to cost money. I need specialist care. I am officially a customer. This is the reality.”
He added: “So, on to the point, I am asking for your help. All contributions will be greatly and deeply appreciated by me, my wife and my team. I do not stand alone and it gives me tremendous strength.”
I went upto Glasgow to visit Dale and his wife Laura a few months back to see how they were coping with this and I can safely say I have never seen courage, dignity, love and grace like it; the two of them are an… https://t.co/9cHHhWsYc3
— Fat White Family (@FatWhiteFamily) August 1, 2018
Our friend is very poorly, not only is he a talented fucker and a proper handsome fucker, he’s also one of the sweetest fuckers I’ve met in this poisonous vacuous world of no-biz. If you can help, you will help. X Adrian for the Moonlandingz https://t.co/tI2hB9z5gj
— The Moonlandingz (@themoonlandingz) July 31, 2018
This man is a true talent and this illness is nothing but a tragedy.
Please give whatever you can https://t.co/t2gZksy1fJ
— shame (@shamebanduk) July 31, 2018
We had the pleasure of touring with The Amazing Snakeheads a few years ago. Dale and the others made us very welcome. Really saddened to read this. Give all you can. #dalebarclay #theamazingsnakeheads https://t.co/eBER72SG10
— The Wytches (@TheWytches) July 31, 2018
If you can donate, please do it. We are rooting for you Dale. https://t.co/jgq0e6GvNj
— honeyblood (@yumhoneyblood) July 31, 2018
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The wonderfully talented Dale Barclay of @AYIM_band and @AmazingSnakes needs our help to fight brain cancer. Please give anything you can spare here: https://t.co/6JoaZmyrwr
— Bob Hardy (@B0bHardy) August 1, 2018